While its nice and can be advantageous to piggy back on other groups for confrences, the decision on when to hold the AGM and whether theres an event to coincide with it must be that of our members/committee complying with requirements of our constitution.
I'd also suggest that making blanket statements about elimating places as potential venues for any events will do more to alienate current members and potential members. The last Perth meetup had 14 people attend while Andrew and myself tried to encourage memberships the dominant comment was there is no advantage or reason for Perth people being part of an Eastern States based group, these types of blanket statements only reinforce those opinions. 2009/1/27 Charles Gregory <[email protected]> > Hi everyone, > > Just a couple of thoughts about the planned Wikimedia Australia national > gathering/meetup/conference/whatever. I raised these ideas with Brianna > last week but repeating them here for all to see ... > > Assuming the gathering is going to be (a) annual (b) roaming location wise, > one option is aligning this with linux.conf.au (LCA) if possible. Linux > Australia do this with their AGM - host it the day after LCA finishes. > > Pros: > > 1. Main reason - An overlap in our target audience (open content = open > source). Many people travel for LCA, but have a limited travel budget/time > allowance, and this would allow more to attend. > 2. It takes the decision making out of our hands - less > process/policy/bickering > 3. If we go the full conference option - sharing publicity/resources with > LCA > 4. Benefits of that particular time of year - generally warm weather > everywhere, and uni break means uni accommodation is available. > > Cons: > > 1. The LCA city is not always appropriate for a WM-AU meetup due to us > being of a smaller size. eg. Hobart, Cairns, Darwin, NZ, possibly Perth. > Workaround - we decide our own venue in those particular years. > 2. I believe our AGM needs to be held between July-November. I'm not sure > how Linux Australia gets away with holding theirs in January. They may be > incorporated in a different state with different rules? > > Other notes: > > - Since the next LCA will be in Wellington, I suggest we don't change our > plans for this year - continue on with the late '09 Canberra option as > previously suggested. > - Are we going to LCA Wellington next year (Jan 2010) anyway? We could > assist WM-NZ with their formation. > - Naturally if we were to host Wikimania it would not be influenced by > this. > > Comments/ideas? > > Regards, > > Charles > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > -- GN. http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/
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